1. What’s Left For Us 2. The Real Thing 3. Sick 4. Ruin 5. Cry and Fall 6. Beyond Hope 7. Moment of Silence [playtime: 29'27"] After two years of silence – which I spent listening to the previous albums released by the band - HeavenDust is back with a nice bonus album. They’re working on a [...]
Kuro Obi (2007), Japan http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1084019 http://kuro-obi.cinemacafe.net/ (official site) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2uDBttbuGg (trailer) http://peevee.tv/v?1pil3 (making of) http://blog.livedoor.jp/kuro_obi (blog) The movie tagline: “Real Fight, Real Karate, Real Japan” just says it all. Nothing to add, so my review can only be a variation of the same statement. I waited much to see this. There is no English subtitled edition [...]
I just found a real rarity, that I didn’t even know it existed. I think movie soundtracks are less likely to get released in Hong Kong compared to Korea or Japan, many of them never get on a CD. That’s why I was surprised to see that a movie from the 90′s, the only [...]
Gackt’s 23rd single, Redemption was released in January. The two songs on it are from the PS2 game, Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus. Tracklist: 1. Redemption 2. Longing 3. Redemption instru. 4. Longing instru. The album consists of two song, Redemption, Longin and their instrumental / karaoke versions. Thefirst, Redemption is a simple, catchy rock [...]
The Wire Magazine’s electronica album of the year 2000. Susumu Yokota is one of Japan’s biggest house/techno DJs, but this album is more about the soft, ambient tunes. Tracklist: 1. Saku 2. Tobiume 3. Uchu Tanjyo 4. Hagoromo 5. Genshi 6. Gekkoh 7. Hisen 8. Azukiiro No Kaori 9. Kodomotachi 10. Naminote 11. Shinsen 12. [...]
Ayumi Hamasaki’s 40th single was released this week. The album titled Blue Bird contains 3 songs and 6 tracks together with remixes… Tracklist BLUE BIRD – 4:09 Beautiful Fighters – 5:17 Ladies Night ~another night~ – 4:04 BLUE BIRD (Harderground remix) – 6:24 BLUE BIRD (Instrumental) – 4:09 Beautiful Fighters (Instrumental) – 5:17 The [...]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430651 Japanese black comedy from 2004 starring Tadanobu Asano. I watched this movie because I liked the soundtrack so much. With expectations based on the music I was a little disappointed, even though I was prepared to see something comepletely mindless. The film also stars Vinnie Jones (Lock Stock.., Snatch, X-men). Director is Gen Sekiguchi, it’s [...]
Utada Hikaru‘s 4th album has just been released in June. Featuring previous hit single songs it’s a nice, long-avaited pop/dance album. Tracklist 1. This is love | 2. Keep Tryin’ | 3. Blue | 4. Nichiyou no Asa | 5. Making Love | 6. Dareka no negaiga kanau koro | 7. Colors | 8. One Night Magic [...]
http://www.heavensdust.com/ I came across HeavensDust‘s music by chance and I fell for it at once, the band is mixing Japanese traditional music with doom metal. A little dark but beautiful music. They have 3 albums released already, and we can find a video on their website and listen to songs too. Their bassist is a [...]